More than a decade after he served as what's been called the president's "inbox and outbox", Brett Kavanaugh's role as White House staff secretary to President George W. Bush has become a flashpoint as Republicans push his confirmation to the Supreme Court.

Democrats have branded Kavanaugh, who would replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, as a deeply conservative jurist who would shift the court to the right jeopardizing critical rulings on the constitutionality of abortion rights and the legality of Barack Obama's health care reforms.

Paul tweeted, "After meeting Judge Kavanaugh and reviewing his record, I have made a decision to support his nomination".

Paul had withheld his support in recent weeks over concerns about Kavanaugh's standing on privacy issues and the Fourth Amendment.

"I believe he will carefully adhere to the Constitution and take his job to protect individual liberty seriously", Paul added. It would force vulnerable Democrats to stay in Washington where their vote on Kavanaugh will be scrutinized, instead of campaigning in their home districts, which may be why they're fighting the idea so adamantly. After the meeting, which lasted over two hours, Manchin remained tight-lipped as to how he meant to vote.

You'd think those concerns would dictate waiting for confirmation hearings where Kavanaugh might be questioned on the subject.

- Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 30, 2018His views on due process and mens rea show a thoughtful approach to the law and its applications. Democrats can sink Trump's nominee if they hold together and convince a single Republican to vote no. The letter also asks for any documents that were "written by, edited by, prepared in whole or part by, under the supervision of, or at the direction of" Kavanaugh, and any record that refers to him by name, his initials or his title.

"Will Sen. Manchin stand with the people of West Virginia in supporting President Trump's extraordinarily qualified Supreme Court nominee, or will he stand with the extremists in his party like Chuck Schumer?" said Carrie Severino, the group's chief counsel. Judge Kavanaugh will have my support and my vote to confirm him to the Supreme Court. North Dakota's Heidi Heitkamp and Indiana's Joe Donnelly, like Manchin, are running for re-election this year.

He said that many of those documents are irrelevant to Kavanaugh's legal history, and that the nominee would not be able to adequately comment on them.

A partial eclipse will follow this, with a shadow of the Earth slowly retreating across the lunar surface until around 11.20pm. In a special treat, Mars is also at its closest approach to Earth this week since 2003, making it appear bigger and brighter .

The police are duty bound to keep the roads clear for the riders and the officer who brought Froome down thought he was a fan. I hope in Paris I can win". (Cheating) is not my philosophy. "I want to thank you for this", Demare said.

Provisional results shows Mr Khan's party was in the lead, but it is still expected to fall short of forming majority government. The winning party will face several issues, including a crumbling economy and violence from militants.

The Russian leader went on to tout President Trump for fulfilling his campaign promises, citing this as a 'great virtue'. On Friday afternoon, Trump will convene a National Security Council meeting devoted to the issue of election security.

She doesn't know how to communicate with him, because he's afraid that he's using their communication for their own purposes. However, for all the praise she has been receiving, Meghan has also attracted a fair amount of scorn from royal commenters.

In even more envy-inducing news, Nick , 25, legit shut down an entire Tiffany & Co story to buy the ring, a source told the mag. Him wishing her "loads of love & happiness for life" has only fueled rumours of a big and happy announcement coming our way.

The lunar passage will mark the total eclipse of the moon - a celestial event which happens about twice a year on an average. Dr Brown said: "The UK will be treated to a rare total lunar eclipse , also known as the " blood moon ".

Ozil has not commented about his decision since his arrival in Singapore on Monday with Arsenal . "I´m looking at every player and I think Mesut , he has here the respect of every player".

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